TUOMAS ERVAMAA

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Call for entries

MAR 31TH, 2010Call for entries

NUUTAJÄRVI Artist in Residence Program

SUMMER Residence 2010 / August 6th-16th



THE RESIDENCY covers ten days. It includes five days in the hot shop for glassblowing or hot casting with clear glass. The artist is responsible of travel expenses and additional materials. The hotshop contains two gloryholes with diameters of 17,7" and 11,8", three annealers and a tank furnace. We are using Glasma C48 pellets. Capasity of glass use is max. 100kg a day.



APPLICATIONS to Mr Tuomas Ervamaa ervamaa(at)gmail.com

SEE THE WHOLE call for artists at WWW.LASIKOMPPANIA.FI

Finnish Glass Lives 6

MAR 4TH, 2010Finnish Glass Lives 6

Although collaboration between modern Finnish glass art and design and the country's glassworks has ended almost completely, we are fortunate in that training in glass art over the past two decades has led to results, bringing forth the numerous glass artists whose works are on display in Finnish Glass Lives 6.

All new Tuomas Ervamaa website launched!

MAR 4TH, 2010All new Tuomas Ervamaa website launched!

Our scientists have been working tremendously in the laboratory during past months and now they're satisfied with the product. ervamaa.info is now harder, better, faster and stronger than before.

WORKS

FIGURES

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STRUCTURES

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ORGANICS

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Organic 5

SOLIDS

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VASES AND BOWLS

Vases and Bowls 1

Vases and Bowls 1

Vases and Bowls 2

Vases and Bowls 2

Vases and Bowls 3

Vases and Bowls 3

Vases and Bowls 4

Vases and Bowls 4

EXPLORATIONS

Exploration 1

Exploration 1

SKETCHES

Sketch 1

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Sketch 6

Sketch 6

BIOGRAPHY

I am working and living in Nuutajärvi and Helsinki, Finland.

Glass as a medium has been fascinating me continuously. I like the intense and fast process of form-giving and the semi-industrial athmosphere of the hot glass workshop. Glass has its own duality; the hot molten mass and the solid, cooled form. The metamorphosis is intriguing. I am interested in the sculptural-, conceptual- and craft sides of this medium. I work with a glassblower or by myself, depending on the project. I use also coldworking techniques like cutting, grinding and polishing glass. My inspiration and ideas come from the perceptions of the physical world. As the senses gather and receive stimuli from the reality, new combinations of ideas can be formulated. Works are born from the movement of the body and the intention of the artist. Tools are the interface between man and the medium. My attempt is to realize what I have seen with the mind´s eye; the mental imagery. Considering design, I think objects as a sum of form, proportions, outline, surface and mass. I like to think that they can be designed by adding, modifying and adjusting these factors.

EXHIBITIONS

2010

FINNISH GLASS LIVES 6, FINNISH GLASS MUSEUM, RIIHIMäKI

2009

EXHIBITION, ARS AUTTOINEN, PADASJOKI

2008

VALOKUVIA, MUOVIKASSIMUSEO, PERNIö

2008

LASIKOMPPANIA, TYTYRIN KAIVOSMUSEO, LOHJA

2006

MASTERS ON THE ROAD, GALLERIA NORSU, HELSINKI

2006

MASTERS OF ARTS, TAIDETEOLLINEN KORKEAKOULU, HELSINKI

2006

L'ART DU VERRE EN FINLANDE, TOUR, NANCY ETC.

2005

GLASS FANTASY, IITTALAN LASITEHTAAN MUSEO, IITTALA

2005

FINNISH GLASS LIVES 5, FINNISH GLASS MUSEUM, RIIHIMäKI

2005

FORCES, VILJAMAKASIINI, FISKARS

2005

EXHIBITION, MINISTRY OF FORREIGN AFFAIRS, HELSINKI

2004

RELEVANT, DESIGN FORUM, HELSINKI

2003

AIR, NUDE INTERIOR, HELSINKI

2003

LASISTA, FINNISH GLASS MUSEUM, RIIHIMäKI

2002

EXHIBITION, LAAJASALO LIBRARY, HELSINKI

2002

ESIINTYMIä, GALLERY TOUKOKUU, HELSINKI

2001

MALJAKKO, NUUTAJäRVI, NUUTAJäRVI

2000

EXHIBITION, GALLERY DOMINI CANNES, TALLINN

CONTACT

KEY CONTACT

Tuomas Ervamaa

contact@ervamaa.info

+358 (0)50 573 5761

THE GLASS FACTORY

Vanha Hytti

31160 Nuutajärvi

Finland

www.lasikomppania.fi

RESELLERS

DESIGN FORUM SHOP

www.designforumshop.fi

GALLERIA NORSU

www.norsu.info

ARTEBIA

www.artebia.fi

MAILING ADDRESS

Sepänkatu 9 A 2

00150 Helsinki

Finland

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